｢…そう、彼がそんな事を。ふふっ、いつもはそんな事言わなかったくせに。彼ったらね、全然喋らない人だったんだけど。唐突に『世界で一番ゆかりんが好き、だからゆかりんも俺を世界一好きになってくれ』とか言うの。…そんな事言わなくてもね、私も世界で一番好きだったわ。
え?彼の最期?……ええ、そうね。彼はきっと笑っていたわ。仲間を守れたのですもの。彼はそういう人だった。
真っ直ぐな人だったわ、本当に…。
……私が妖怪だって…言っても……少しも臆せずに…私の…目を見て『そんなの関係ない。俺はゆかりんが好きなんだ』って…。｣

――そこまで聞くと私は彼女… 八雲紫に礼を言って部屋を出ました。
これ以上は私のほうが辛くなりそうだったから。
…逃げたんです。記者としては駄目な行為かもしれません。でも、彼女ももう限界だったように見えたから。彼女を一人にしてあげたかった。
私はそのまま、部屋から漏れてきた嗚咽を聞かなかった事にして屋敷を立ち去りました。
[記者・射命丸文の手記より]

"...He said that? Hah, he never said anything like that. You know, he never really said that much at all. Out of the blue, he said, 'Yukarin, I love you more than anyone in this world, so, you should love me more than anyone in the world, too.'
...Even without him asking, I already loved him that way.
Huh? His last moments? ...I suppose. He was certainly smiling. He was protecting one of his own. He was always like that.
He was really always did what was right.
... Even when I... told him that I'm a youkai... He looked... into my eyes and said, 'That doesn't matter to me. Yukarin, I love you.'"

---Hearing up to this point, I left the room after thanking her, Yakumo Yukari.
That is, should I have heard more it would have been painful for me.
...I fled. Probably not something a reporter should do. But, she did look like she had reached her limit. I wanted to leave her by herself.
I left the estate, pretending not to hear the sobbing that was coming from the room as I took my leave.
[from the notes of Shameimaru Aya, a reporter]